Peach Varieties

Peaches ripened on the tree are an experience like no other. Grow your own from our nursery stock, or plan a trip to the orchard to enjoy the many peach varieties we grow. Use the search criteria to the left to select peach varieties by bloom time, ripening period, flesh color or pit type.

Peach and nectarine are both members of the genus and species Prunus persica, and probably differ by only a single gene for skin pubescence (hairs on the fruit surface). One probably originated as a mutation of the other, but we do not know which came first. The species originated in China and was taken by traders from there into Persia, Greece, Italy, and other temperate areas of Europe. Peach and nectarine varieties may have yellow or white flesh. In Virginia different varieties ripen over a wide range of dates, from early June until mid-September. Varieties also differ in fruit size, susceptibility to some diseases and susceptibility to low winter temperatures, chilling requirements, and fruit disorders such as fruit cracking and split-pit.

Fine fruit is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that the earth knows.

—A.J. Downing, Fruit & Fruit Trees of America

*Please note: the fruit descriptions on our website are meant to be a repository for information on fruit that we either grow or have grown, but it does not function as a list of tree varieties that will be available for sale from our nursery. Please see our online catalog for that listing.*

About the Nursery

We grow hundreds of old-fashioned fruit varieties that offer delightful alternatives to the limited varieties currently available in grocery stores. Learn more...